Blogs from Saskatchewan, Canada, North America - page 11

Left Melfort later afternoon, supper in Saskatoon with our daughter, got to our farm at 10 PM. Looked frantically for my passport which I could not find in Melfort, and finally decided it must be in Melfort. Decided to drive back there early morning to get it as I cannot get into the USA without it.... read more

Day 75 – August 4 Gordon Howe Campground, Saskatoon, SK. Our random spurts of spontaneity really made for a serious situation that ended up being an amazing experience. I’ll explain in a minute. We packed up the car on the morning of Saturday, July 21, and headed east. Our plan all along was to visit a high school friend in Fernie BC but did not hear back from her soon enough because she was out of town, so we made a drastic change of plans. The plan all along was to skip out on Edmonton. Not much farming, stories of less-than-interesting vacations or the actual geographic location of the city were all reasons we’d never really considered going. For some reason we felt no need to head directly east with all of this free time and ... read more

As we descended down from Cypress Hills Provincial Park, we crossed the border into Saskatchewan... and onto a hunting trail. Outside the park boundary we were met with what appeared to be endless fields. It was incredible! The road ahead travelled straight towards the horizon, with a few small knolls between us and the ‘end of the earth’ as I started to call it. Following dirt roads for what felt like hours, we ended up back on bitumen outside a town called Consul. We noticed that most vehicles were heading towards the outskirts of town where there were a few large festival type tents set up. A rodeo!!! Talking to the lady on the gate, who happened to be Linda Brown, the Mayor of Consul, we were sold on the idea of staying for the rodeo ... read more

Blackstrap Provincial Park is a conservation area with a man made lake, a provincial campground, and a man made mountain; Blackstrap Ski Hill. We stayed at the Cedar Lodge, a rustic place overlooking the lake. We were the only ones for the beginning of the weekend and we had the staff at our full service! ... read more

The white city turned green!... read more